At the start of the 22nd century, a race of godlike beings--the Elar--awaken after countless eons of slumber, and decide the purpose of their existence is to subdue all other life forms. On Earth, humankind has seemingly evolved into one peaceful, prosperous society--but in fact, it is only the calm before the storm. For "God" and "the Devil" are actually real, and have begun appointing human agents to oppose each other with unprecedented powers. And out in space, a mysterious "rift" has suddenly appeared, and soon alien spaceships emerge from it to head straight for Earth. With the aliens is...

In this second installment of the fantasy/sci-fi epic, new characters are introduced as the alien Deresors reach Earth-and prepare to attack. In Germany, Keith's "brother" Isaac collaborates with Chi, a member of the superhuman Elar, to find and kill all human Channellers. Isaac orders Keith to bring him the Channellers he has found in America as fulfilment of a bargain between them, but it is clear that Keith has diabolical plans of his own-plans that will involve not only harming many more innocent people, but possibly, if his manipulations succeed, having Kevin Gallows succeed him as Agent...